Description: Nimbus’ switch of distributors left serious pianophiles waiting for this release for a long time. The music is extremely difficult to play but not because it’s dazzlingly virtuosic. From the Oct. 2015 “Gramophone” review: “... a bewildering stimulation for jaded palates ... a tireless elabortion often within a slow tempo (lent, lentment and très lent are frequent instructions) and a preference for subdued, darker regions of the imagination Roger-Ducasse is more for lovers of angst than of optimism and there is lttle in the nature of display. The shadow of Fauré (R-D’s mentor) notably in his later tortuous and elliptical style, hangs heavily over many pages. All of this music requires several listenings if it is not to seem unresolved and experimental.” 3 CDs. Martin Jones (piano), Adrian Farmer (four hands pieces).